#chainxdancer

(cont. from here)

When Fuji is sure nothing hostile is in the area, she rises a bit further from the water.

The mayor's advisors and aides hunched over one of the tables, updating maps and notes with the latest information regarding the xulgath siege. One young man looked up hopefully as the leathery smell from the stewpot filled the common room, but hope gave way to culinary despair, and he returned to his papers, clutching at his grumbling belly.

The front door opened, letting Midori inside. Her once-red fur had been drained of its color, leaving it snowy white save for the dark circles around her eyes. Her cloak and scout gear had splatters of blood and dirt but otherwise remained undamaged.

Weak shouts of "Midori!" came from the mayor's people.

Demetrius eagerly shot out, "Didja bring back any meat this time? Any food at all?"

Midori shook her head. "No, not this time, sorry. At the dino corrals, the tyrannosauruses ended up eatin' the brontosauruses, so we had to cheese it outta there amid all the chaos. An' at the gug huts...well, nobody should be eatin' ghoul meat...an' we let the gugs escape to go back underground to the Darklands."

Petunia Sunnyridge, one of the mayor's aides, snapped, "Aren't you finished out there yet? The mayor is not pleased with the speed with which you are handling your tasks!"

"Look, Petunia," Midori, her patience wearing thin, shot back at the middle-aged halfling woman, "we just need to clear out the last corral or whatever full o' demon dinosaurs an' xulgaths, then we're comin' back to rest up for the night an' replenish our spells so we'll be prepared for the assault on the massed xulgath army out there. One more day! Give us a break, gods damn it!"

The kitsune sighed and turned to the tavernkeep. "Any booze left?"

Demetrius shook his head. "Nope. I had to add the last of it into the stewpot for the calories. Our reserves are bone-dry. Can I get you a bowl of stew?"

Midori sniffed the air and grimaced. "Hard pass. Save it for the townsfolk."

The blonde halfling interrupted, "Booze? Drinking instead of fighting? Get back out there! Lives are at stake!"

Midori rounded on her, "Hakuna your tatas, lady! I'm here to talk to somebody I met who's willin' to help us all out with the siege. Cayden H. Cailean in a chicken basket! Have some patience! She should be showin' up here any minute now."

[Cont. From] @chainxdancer

Startling a complete stranger hadn't been his intention, though Melvin guessed that having someone pull next to them was a tad so.

Being on a motorcycle probably didn't help things. Yet, in his defence, it wasn't like he'd revved the engine or anything.

"A tiefling! That's interesting. Very interesting." Rose grinned, her fang poking through for a mere moment, before she chuckled a little. Acting so confident. At least for a moment..

@chainxdancer asked: "I wonder what you'd do if I kissed you right now." ((For Heidi!)) ; 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

"R-Right now? Noooo, Nisha ... " She mumbled, shuffling her shoulders with a smirk on her face. "Heeeere? Right nowww? You have to let me prepare myself ... you know my knees get weak when you get all up in my space like this ... "

Her tone was whiney, and a hint to her not taking it seriously, but she knew Nisha would take the chance just to press a kiss against her cheek. Or on the lips, wherever hers landed first. The deer girl knew it was coming, and she always leaned against Nisha when she did.

@chainxdancer Said: ‘Casually Topless’+REVERSE for Yalana?

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The avian pushed into the room. Yalana froze in her stride, not having expected to walk into the current scene. that golden eye locked on the crimson beauty before her.